Sunny Naples, FL America’s Top Community for Well-Being

Gallup reports that sunny Naples, Florida has the highest well-being of 189 communities in America. If you are considering a move, maybe Naples, FL should be on your short list. Our sister company, Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd, a registered investment advisor has offices at 5150 Tamiami Trail.

Below are the best and worst communities for well-being along with Gallup’s methodology.

Highest 10 Communities in Overall Well-Being, 2015-2016

Out of 189 reportable Metropolitan Statistical Areas nationwide

Lowest 10 Communities in Overall Well-Being, 2015-2016

Out of 189 reportable Metropolitan Statistical Areas nationwide

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest possible well-being, and 100 represents the highest possible well-being. The Well-Being Index score for the nation and for each community is made up of metrics within each of the five essential elements of well-being:

Purpose: liking what you do each day and being motivated to achieve your goals

Community: liking where you live, feeling safe, and having pride in your community

Physical: having good health and enough energy to get things done daily

In most cases, a difference of 1.0 to 2.0 points in the Well-Being Index score of any two communities represents a statistically significant gap and is characterized by meaningfully large differences in at least some of the individual metrics that make up the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

The community-level data are drawn from more than 354,000 interviews with U.S. adults across all 50 states, conducted from Jan. 2, 2015, through Dec. 30, 2016.

Jeremy Jones, CFA

Jeremy Jones, CFA is the Director of Research at Young Research & Publishing Inc., and the Chief Investment Officer at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. Jeremy is a contributing editor of youngresearch.com.